About

Nick was the Managing Editor for growthbusiness.co.uk when it was owned by Vitesse Media, before moving on to become Head of Investment Group and Editor at What Investment and thence to Head of Intermediary Communications at The Association of Investment Companies (AIC).

News

Economic growth on the horizon?

Economic uncertainty is still prevalent among CEOs, but there are hopes that the economy will turn a corner, a new study by the Institute of Directors has found.

News

Homeserve in MBO

Homeserve Emergency Services (HES), a service provider to domestic insurance companies, has been bought out by private equity firm LDC for £11 million.

News

Dailymotion in the black, raises £14m 

News

Sceptre Leisure on the acquisition hunt

Leisure and gaming group Sceptre Leisure is looking for acquisitions after lifting annual turnover 86 per cent to £39.2 million.

News

Praesepe buys gaming centres

Gambling concern Praesepe has added to its recent acquisition of The Crystal Rooms with the purchase of 13 gaming centres in South West England and Wales for £6.3 million. 

News

Recovery hits stumbling block

The trend of rising output expectations has gone into reverse, according to research from accountancy firm BDO Stoy Hayward.

News

Spun-out Allinea Software wins investment

Warwick-based computing specialist Allinea Software has raised £400,000 after being spun out from its parent company.

Opinion

What foreign business leaders say about the UK

If you listen to what foreign business leaders say about the UK, you might be in for a shock.

News

Dams Furniture bought from administration

News

Simon Dolan, the Twitter investor

Simon Dolan has £5 million to invest, and he’s asking for pitches through Twitter.

Venture Capital Funding

The venture capital landscape

Cash-burning portfolio companies, dissent among co-investors and a tepid response to fundraisings are making life difficult for venture capital firms.

Growth Planning

Choosing a business base in the UK

GrowthBusiness and SmallBusiness have produced a series of reports on doing business in different regions of the UK.

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